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Parrish Museum's Midsummer Weekend

The Parrish Art Museum's Midsummer Weekend will feature a dance party with D.J. James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, a dinner honoring Tomashi Jackson, and a family party with the National Circus Project.

Picasso’s 'Guernica' Focus of Marburger Lecture

The Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center’s annual Marburger Memorial Lecture will take place virtually this year, on Sunday at 5 p.m. via Zoom. Manuel Borja-Villel, the director of the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid, will discuss Picasso’s 1937 painting “Guernica,” the artist’s response to the bombing of that city during the Spanish Civil War.

The Art Scene 08.12.21

Recent paintings by John Alexander, a 26-acre art ranch in Montauk, Picasso's "Guernica" reinterpreted, abstraction at Phillips, NFTs in Bridgehampton, and more

Bits and Pieces 08.12.21

Dinner parties for Bay Street Theater, chamber music at the Parrish, Jazz from Southampton to Montauk

The Music Scene 08.12.21

The Hamptons Jazz Fest continues with performances in Southampton and Montauk, Vanessa Trouble at Ram's Head, Nancy Atlas at Surf Lodge, and more

News for Foodies 08.12.21

New sushi restaurant in East Hampton, Japanese-Italian at Moby's, Korean barbecue meal kits available from New York City

Watch Out for Asian Longhorned Beetles

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is asking residents to be on the lookout for infestations of Asian longhorned beetles, a 1.5-inch-long, black-and-white invasive insect that has reached central Long Island.

Virtual Talk about NASA's New Space Telescope on Tuesday

On Tuesday, the Hamptons Observatory will host a free virtual talk where Dr. Zimmerman of NASA will discuss NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

On the Police Logs 08.05.21

The manager of an East Hampton restaurant asked a diner early Saturday evening "to put on shoes, because the restaurant had a shoe policy. He refused and proceeded to seat himself," according to the police report. He left before an officer arrived, but filed a separate report, saying that "he was with his 93-year-old mother in a wheelchair when the manager told him that he was not wearing the right footwear for the establishment and had to leave." He told police he "felt slighted and thought the manager was rude and unreasonable in that he has been a 40-year-customer."

Locked Out, Sink Running

It was "one of those things," said Pat McKibbin, the owner of Mary's Marvelous in East Hampton, speaking of a flood in the kitchen on the afternoon of July 27 that resembled "a miniature of Niagara Falls."

Intruder Had a Knife

A stranger found inside a Cove Hollow Road house on the afternoon of July 28 was later charged with criminal possession of a weapon, East Hampton Village police reported this week.

Drivers Face Drug Charges

Drugs were allegedly involved in at least two arrests last week.

A Busy Week for Lifeguards of All Ages

One hundred and fifty 6-through-8-year-old Nippers were put through their paces at Albert's and Atlantic Avenue Beaches in Amagansett on July 28 and 29, with 9-through-14-year-old Junior Lifeguards taking part in various events at Indian Wells Beach over the weekend.

A Burial Site Is Returned to the Shinnecocks

Sugar Loaf, a burial ground sacred to the Shinnecock Indian Nation, has been returned to the tribe. Late last month, the Shinnecock Nation Graves Protection Warrior Society announced that the 4.5-acre piece of land in Shinnecock Hills had been purchased for $5.6 million with the help of the Peconic Land Trust.

Robert Paul Fioresi, 83

Robert Paul Fioresi, a salesman and the owner of a management consulting company, died of heart failure on July 23 while working on his boat in Montauk.   

John W. Bolton, 77

John W. Bolton of Stuart, Fla., who volunteered for 19 years with the Montauk Fire Department and ambulance company and worked in the construction industry, died of a heart-related illness on July 18 at Treasure Coast Hospice in Stuart.

Ellen’s Run Returns in a Hybrid Format

The popular breast cancer fund-raiser will have a 5K road race starting at the Southampton Intermediate School on Aug. 15 at 9 a.m., and a virtual race spanning Aug. 15 and 30.

Men’s 7-on-7 Soccer Newbie Makes Playoffs

Tortorella Pools had a chance to make it into the the men's 7-on-7 soccer league's Final Four if it defeated F.C. Tuxpan in a regular-season finale at East Hampton's Herrick Park on July 26, which it did, but to advance it also needed the league leader, Maidstone Market, to beat F.C. Palora, a new entry, later that night, which Maidstone didn't.

, On the Water: Smoking the Blues

Bluefish are largely underappreciated, but the tide may be turning as people realize that not only are they one of the toughest fighting fish around but also a treat to eat, especially when smoked.

Town Trustees to Have Staggered Four-Year Terms

The terms of East Hampton Town's nine trustees will increase from two to four years, with the five candidates receiving the most votes in November serving the first four-year terms.